Robert Oatley Limited Release Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
- 93
- $70
- Drink by: 2021 - 2035
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A more restrained and elegantly structured cabernet than the more opulent 2018. Dense dark chocolate coated blackcurrant with a bay leaf, thyme and subtle edge of black olive. Tannins are firm and slightly grainy while the oak sits neatly into the mix. As it breathes the concentrated fruit reveals more of its virtues as it cascades across the palate before rolling to a very long finish. For me, this is a wine that will definitely benefit from further time in bottle.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
